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Anonymous PHL offers to be voice vs corruption, abuse


The Philippine chapter of the hacktivist collective Anonymous Philippines this week offered itself as a voice of Filipinos against injustice and other social grievances. In a video posted on YouTube, Anonymous Philippines said it has received several complaints about "rampant irregularities and corruption" in government from the people. "(F)or those who will try to question this initiative of Anonymous Philippines, please know that we do not have any personal agenda here. We only seek to help in the manner that we know how, and to serve as voice for those who are not heard. Information is power, and we will use this power to bring out the truth and to uphold justice. "This is now the chance for your voice to be heard, for the voice of every Filipino who is angry at corruption, irregularities and abuses to be understood. To those who wish to conceal the truth, kill freedom and perpetrate injustice and oppression, let this be a warning to you. We are watching," it said in the 2:48 video. While it did not elaborate, Anonymous Philippines had been known for defacing some government sites and placing "cause-oriented" messages on the hacked sites. Last weekend, hackers defaced the website of the Philippine Embassy in Bahrain, following the alleged suicide of an overseas Filipino worker in Bahrain. The hacktivists, who also included an image of a person wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, challenged Philippine authorities and even candidates running in the May 13 polls to act. "We are already at a time where there are a multitude of ways or alternative media whence we can bring our concerns to the attention of the authority, like blogs and social media sites. "Sometimes, traditional/mainstream can be biased on their reports/news, and it's no secret that there are instances where the news that we hear or read about have been 'filtered' and 'sanitized' to serve the purpose of those in the higher-ups. Not all that we see on TV, hear on the radio or read about in the newspapers are the truth," Anonymous Philippines said in its YouTube video. It said that while it is not generalizing, it is trying to point out that "there are other means for people to bring out their concerns." The collective urged Filipinos to relay to it their information, concerns or complaints about abuses and wrongdoing. "We will do everything we can to verify these matters," it said, adding complaints may be submitted to the Anonymous #OccupyPhilippines Facebook page. — LBG, GMA News